The Ultra Fast Charge Age is here

Bloomberg estimate that the market for grid energy storage will be worth $0.6 Trillion by 2040 and at the same time the mass roll-out of electric cars, buses and trucks will challenge national grid infrastructure.

Initially these vehicles will require 350kW or 450kW chargers and very soon 1MW chargers or more.

Our solution is to install energy storage at filling stations and retail sites that allows buffering of the electrical grid. The buffered energy can be stored off-peak or at night when electricity is cheap. EVs can then be recharged from this stored energy, not directly from the grid.

Helping to make this scenario feasible is the next generation of EVs, such as the Porsche Taycan, that will support Extreme Fast Charging (XFC). This allows charging stations to operate at megawatt rates of charge, according to TransportXtra—10 times faster than the current Tesla superchargers. At these rates, recharging an EV for a 300-mile (450 km) range is possible in just five minutes. Not only can Zap&Go’s C-Ion technology replace an EV’s lithium batteries to allow XFC, it can be integrated into the recharging stations that make buffering possible as well.

Our Vision

Zap&Go was founded in 2013 with technology from the University of Oxford in the UK, with the vision to produce much better batteries for the modern world.

The goal is mobile phones that charge in seconds, cordless appliances like cleaners, drills and hair straighteners that perform as if they were plugged in, and electric vehicles that charge in the same time it takes to fill a tank with fuel today.

We are also enabling the national grid to cope with the increasing demands of fast charging electric vehicles. We do this by buffering the grid by storing off-peak or green electricity.

This is made possible by a fresh approach to energy storage. First removing all the lithium and cobalt, so that we are 100% safe and low-cost. There is nothing in our Carbon-Ion cells that can catch fire, no matter how fast they are charged. This also eliminates that memory effect problem. This occurs when you have used your phone for a while, it still says it is 100% charged, but doesn’t last as long. We have none of that electrochemistry going on that can wear out the battery, so we are good for 100,000+ charge/discharge cycles. But when our cells do need replacing, they can be recycled.

Zap&Go has harnessed Carbon-Ion technology and applied it to a wide range of markets and industries with exciting solutions

“The one constant of life is change. The things we know and use today, may be different or even obsolete in the world of tomorrow. It is how fast we react to change, embrace change and seize the opportunities change creates that really counts. Our business is built on our ability to change and adapt. That is the secret of our success.”

Stephen VollerCEO & Founder

European Grant secured

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 766670. The grant is directed towards bringing to market fast-charging cordless appliances 'Powered by Zap&Go'.

Fast, safe, reliable

Zap&Go 5-minute charger is the only charger you will ever need. Contains no lithium batteries, safe in your hand luggage.